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Originally planning to electrify their entire vehicle fleet, Chrysler is now scrapping their much-vaunted ENVI project, without putting one electric vehicle on the road. This could hurt those companies in the U.S. making lithium-ion batteries and other products for electric vehicles. Source: Clean Skies News

Clean Skies News goes behind the scenes at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, where new technology batteries for plug-in hybrid vehicles are being developed with Department of Energy research funding. Source: Clean Skies News

Senators turn out for the unveiling of an all-American-built zero emissions hybrid bus from Proterra. The vehicle achieves between 18 and 29 miles per gallon diesel fuel equivalent fully loaded with 68 passengers, 500% better than a comparable diesel bus. A fleet of 500 buses operating over 12 years could cut emissions of CO2 by 840,000 tons and reduce oil consumption by 82 million gallons. Source: Clean Skies News/Proterra

At the Frankfurt Car Show, California-based company Better Place hopes that electric vehicles aren’t just a trend. Source: Reuters

Several cars participated in the One Gallon Challenge at Boston’s Greenfest, attempting to go 100 miles on one gallon of fuel.

At Boston’s Green Fest participants in the one gallon challenge showed off their prototype vehicles that ran on everything from electricity to wood. One participant modified a Ford F150 pick up to run on biomass.

Nissan’s new all-electric Leaf car will go on sale next year and is packed with advanced IT systems.

The long-awaited Karma now has a dealer in Silicon Valley, so Fisker showed off some prototypes on Monday in San Jose.

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